MoonPhases

January 2026 · Sunday · 8 months ago

4 January 2026

Waning Gibbous

98% illuminated and waning, 15.4 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 4 January 2026: Waning Gibbous, 98% illuminated

Ephemeris for 4 January 2026 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
98.3%
Lunar age
15.4 days
Elongation
194.8°
Distance
366,000 km
Distance (mi)
227,422 mi
Apparent size
32.6′
Constellation
Cancer
Libration lat
4.4° S
Libration lon
4.9° E

Moonrise and moonset

Times in each city's own time zone. A “+1” means the event falls on the following day — the lunar day is about 50 minutes longer than ours, so rise and set drift later each date.
CityMoonriseTransitMoonsetPeak altitude
London17:1700:4409:2063.4°
New York18:1400:5208:3773.7°
Chicago18:0800:4908:3772.3°
Denver18:2701:0108:4174.3°
Los Angeles18:3800:5608:1979.9°
Mexico City19:4801:3608:2785.0°
São Paulo20:2400:5806:2540.8°
Berlin17:1400:4709:3162.5°

Somewhere else? The calculator works for any latitude and longitude, including your own.

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
Last Quarter10 January 202615:49in 6 days
New Moon18 January 202619:52in 14 days
First Quarter26 January 202604:47in 22 days
Full Moon1 February 202622:09in 28 days